Personal Info
Birthday
September 4, 1951
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Acting
Kaoru Kobayashi
Biography
Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. A multi-award winning thespian, he won best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.
Acting Filmography (123)
8.3
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
TV Series2025
8.1
The Last Blossom
Movie2025
7.6
Sham
Movie2025
7.0
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
Movie2025
8.0
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
TV Series2024
No Backdrop
6.0
Promised Land
Movie2024
6.2
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Movie2024
8.3
The Tiger and Her Wings
TV Series2024
6.9
Kubi
Movie2023
6.0
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
Movie2023
7.5
Worry Not, She's the Boss
TV Series2023
7.4
The Boy and the Heron
Movie2023
7.8
THE DAYS
TV Series2023
8.6
Fixer
TV Series2023
7.8
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Movie2023
0.0
Trapped Balloon
Movie2023
7.6
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Movie2022
6.3
Yes, I Can't Swim
Movie2022
6.0
Winter Rose
Movie2022
7.5
Solomon's Perjury
TV Series2021
6.6
Arc
Movie2021
7.3
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
TV Series2021
7.8
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Movie2021
0.0
Independence of Japan
Movie2020
8.8
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
TV Series2020
7.8
Off the Record
TV Series2020
8.2
Top League
TV Series2019
6.5
The Great White Tower
TV Series2019
7.0
The Island of Cats
Movie2019
5.6
His Lost Name
Movie2019
7.1
Miracles
TV Series2018
7.0
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Movie2018
7.0
Hagetaka
TV Series2018
6.9
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Movie2017
6.2
Lear on the Shore
Movie2017
6.8
Mukoku
Movie2017
7.9
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
Movie2017
0.0
Grade A Reversal
TV Series2017
7.0
Heaven
TV Series2017
No Backdrop
4.5
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Movie2017
8.1
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
Movie2016
7.4
Midnight Diner 2
Movie2016
7.9
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
TV Series2016
6.1
Natsumi's Firefly
Movie2016
8.2
Hibana: Spark
TV Series2016
8.3
Botchan
Movie2016
5.0
Godan
TV Series2015
6.6
Koinaka
TV Series2015
7.4
The Emperor's Cook
TV Series2015
7.6
Midnight Diner
Movie2014
8.4
Climbing to Spring
Movie2014
8.0
Hello Life from 55
TV Series2014
7.3
Villiany Ganbo
TV Series2014
6.5
The End of Summer
Movie2013
7.5
Woman
TV Series2013
8.0
Trembling Cow
TV Series2013
6.6
Leaving on the 15th Spring
Movie2013
7.2
The Great Passage
Movie2013
No Backdrop
0.0
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
Movie2013
No Backdrop
0.0
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
TV Series2013
9.3
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
TV Series2012
8.1
Carnation
TV Series2011
7.0
The Castle of Sand
TV Series2011
4.9
The Egoists
Movie2011
No Backdrop
8.5
The Marriage Counselor
TV Series2011
5.4
Sketches of Kaitan City
Movie2010
No Backdrop
10.0
Abraxas
Movie2010
4.9
A Crowd of Three
Movie2010
6.5
Haru's Journey
Movie2010
No Backdrop
5.0
Boys on the Run
Movie2010
0.0
News Sokuho wa Nagareta
TV Series2009
8.2
Midnight Diner
TV Series2009
6.1
Kamui
Movie2009
0.0
The Sun in Kurobe
TV Series2009
4.0
Then Summer Came
Movie2008
No Backdrop
7.0
Vacation
Movie2008
No Backdrop
8.0
Double Trouble
Movie2008
6.9
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Movie2007
7.6
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
Movie2006
6.5
Tales from Earthsea
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
A Melody for My Father
Movie2005
6.2
Female
Movie2005
6.9
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Movie2004
6.5
Like Asura
Movie2003
8.7
Dr. Coto's Clinic
TV Series2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Ten Dark Women
Movie2002
7.1
Ghiblies: Episode 2
Movie2002
8.5
The Private Detective Mike
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Le Secret
Movie1999
6.1
The Black House
Movie1999
6.9
Secret
Movie1999
No Backdrop
7.0
The Washing Machine
Movie1999
No Backdrop
7.6
Coquille
Movie1999
0.0
Ten urara
TV Series1998
8.3
Princess Mononoke
Movie1997
No Backdrop
6.0
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
Movie1996
8.0
Uneasy Encounters
Movie1994
No Backdrop
9.0
Chibusa
Movie1993
No Backdrop
0.0
The Tomb & the Divorce
Movie1993
No Backdrop
0.0
Sunflower on the Hill
TV Series1993
5.7
The Last U-Boat
Movie1993
6.8
Shimanto River
Movie1991
7.5
Hong Kong Paradise
Movie1990
No Backdrop
4.6
Untamagiru
Movie1989
5.2
Love and Action in Osaka
Movie1988
8.0
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Movie1988
6.2
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Movie1987
No Backdrop
0.0
Iki no Iiyatsu
TV Series1987
8.0
For Business
Movie1986
7.1
And Then
Movie1985
7.8
Love Letter
Movie1985
6.5
Paradise View
Movie1985
7.1
The Funeral
Movie1984
No Backdrop
8.0
The Wangan Highway
Movie1984
6.0
ふぞろいの林檎たち
TV Series1983
6.3
The Second Love
Movie1983
6.4
The Dropout
Movie1982
0.0
Toge no Gunzo
TV Series1982
6.6
Hear the Wind Sing
Movie1981
6.3
Call from Darkness
Movie1981
6.7
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
Movie1979
7.1
Ballad of Orin
Movie1977
5.8
The Sea of Genkai
Movie1976